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A new company is providing a new way to benchmark fees paid by retirement plans.

Acquisition of New York Life’s RPS business accelerates John Hancock’s expansion into the mid-case and large-case retirement plan markets.

Given relatively expensive domestic equity market valuations and historically low developed market interest rates, institutional investors are increasingly looking for return outside the United States.

Ongoing fiduciary responsibility and spending money on former employees are two reasons to consider amending a plan to include automated rollovers, Millennium Trust says.

A U.S. Congressman has introduced a bill to encourage small businesses to offer retirement plans for employees.

Recent reports have claimed health savings accounts (HSAs) can be a useful additional tool for retirement saving. But, how feasible is it that employees can accumulate savings in...

Target-date funds are the default of choice for many plan sponsors, says Russell Investments, but they aren't a buy-it-and-forget-it solution for sponsors or providers.

A new research report suggests public school teachers would not choose a DC retirement plan over a DB retirement plan without powerful incentives.

The GAO recommends an alternative to rolling over small retirement plan balances to individual retirement accounts (IRAs).

Two major league baseball teams have discontinued pension plans for non-uniformed staff.

An interactive Retirement Wellness Planner from The Principal Financial Group helps users manage, visualize and plan for their retirement savings goals.

An integrated management tool, CBIZ ACA CheckPoint, is designed to provide continually updated Affordable Care Act (ACA) monitoring, reporting and documentation.

An updated IRS web page tells retirement plan sponsors how to correct the mistake of using the wrong tax treatment of employee plan deferrals.

The Internal Revenue Service offers one-page checklists to help with reviewing retirement plan operations.

With invigorated provider interest and new guidance from key regulators, 2014 turned out to be an important year for annuities in employer-sponsored retirement plans.

Several regulations and pieces of guidance issued in 2014 will have a lasting impact on retirement plans.

For plan sponsors with more than 100 participants, one of the most important fiduciary duties is to ensure the plan receives a quality and independent annual financial audit.

Continuing an annual tradition, consulting firm Mercer has compiled a list of the top 10 recommended steps that defined contribution plans should take over the next year.

Baby Boomers have good retirement savings habits, but accumulated savings may not be adequate.

Independent advisory firm SevenHills Benefit Partners announced it will partner with Pensionmark.